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The Julio-Claudian dynasty was the first dynasty of Roman emperors.All emperors of that dynasty descended from Julii Caesares and/or from Claudii.Marriages between descendants of Sextus Julius Caesar and Claudii had occurred from the late stages of the Roman Republic, but the intertwined Julio-Claudian family tree resulted mostly from adoptions and marriages in Imperial Rome's first decades.
The Julio-Claudian dynasty comprised the first five Roman emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. [ 2 ] This line of emperors ruled the Roman Empire , from its formation (under Augustus, in 27 BC) until the last of the line, Emperor Nero, committed suicide (in AD 68).
Marcellus was born into the Claudii Marcelli, a plebeian branch of the gens Claudia in 42 BC, the son of Gaius Claudius Marcellus and Octavia the Younger. [2] He had two full sisters named Claudia Marcella the Elder and Claudia Marcella the Younger [3] as well as two younger maternal half-sisters named Antonia the Elder and Antonia the Younger.
Claudia Marcella Major [a] (PIR 2 C 1102; born some time before 40 BC) was the senior niece of Roman emperor Augustus, being the eldest daughter of his sister Octavia the Younger and her first husband Gaius Claudius Marcellus.
Claudius died in 54, not 51, so Nero became emperor in 54, not 51. Plinyfan This family tree should also have a link, or something to indicate Claudius Marcellus was the son of C. Claudius Marcellus and Octavia, otherwise without already knowing this, his random appearance in the tree is somewhat confusing.
Claudia Marcella Minor [a] (PIR 2 C 1103, born some time before 39 BC) was a niece of the first Roman emperor Augustus.She was the second surviving daughter of the emperor's sister Octavia the Younger and her first husband Gaius Claudius Marcellus.
In that hemicycle were the statues of Aeneas, [I 1] the kings of Alba Longa, [I 2] and M. Claudius Marcellus, C. Julius Caesar Strabo, and Julius Caesar (the adoptive father of Augustus) among others. [50] The northeast hemicycle had summi viri placed with Romulus. Augustus' funerary procession reflects the same kind of propaganda as his "Hall ...
This category contains articles on the Julio-Claudian Dynasty (49 BC–AD 68) of rulers in some form or another of the Roman empire during the late Roman Republic and early Empire, particularly articles on individuals who were a member of it by blood, marriage alliance or association.